University of Toronto researchers have cracked the code of plant-to-fungi communication in a new study using baker’s yeast. The researchers discovered that the plant hormone strigolactone activates fungal genes and proteins associated with phosphate metabolism, a system that is key to plant growth.
Soil’s secret language
Researchers decode plant-to-fungi communication
Study shows multiple routes to herbicide resistance
A team including evolutionary biologists from the University of Toronto have identified the ways in which herbicide-resistant strains of invasive common waterhemp have emerged in fields of soy and corn […] Read more
Crop diversity declining worldwide
Science Notes: The number of different crops is increasing in North America but other regions are moving more toward monocultures
University of Toronto – A new University of Toronto study suggests that globally more of the same kinds of crops are being grown, and this presents major challenges for agricultural […] Read more